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    A Special Place Care Home

    4240 W 21st Ln, Yuma, AZ 85364
    • Assisted Living
    • Skilled Nursing

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Coordination with health care providers
    • Medication management

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    2.00·(4)

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    Cons

    • Inadequate clinical monitoring of resident medical status
    • Delays in recognizing or escalating acute medical issues
    • Poor staff responsiveness and family communication
    • Sanitation and incontinence-care concerns in bathrooms
    • Rigid visitation controls and limited family access
    • Staffing and training gaps affecting consistent care delivery

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews present a pattern of concerns focused on core aspects of care and operations. Clinically, reviewers indicate inadequate monitoring of residents' medical and hydration status and delays in escalating acute conditions to higher levels of care. At least one account describes an emergency transfer to a hospital following such concerns, suggesting gaps in timely assessment and escalation protocols.

    Staff behavior and communication emerge as recurring issues. Families describe difficulty reaching staff, limited or no proactive updates about a resident’s condition, and delays in responding to requests or needs. These accounts point to weaknesses in responsiveness, family-notification procedures, and day-to-day care coordination. They also imply potential staffing or training shortfalls that limit the facility’s ability to maintain consistent care standards.

    Facility-related matters raise sanitation and incontinence-care concerns, particularly in resident bathrooms and personal-care areas. Reviewers describe conditions indicating inadequate cleaning and incontinence management, which suggests shortcomings in environmental services and routine personal-care procedures. The reviews offer little positive information about dining quality, menu variety, or mealtime management; prospective families should request direct information about nutrition services and meal monitoring.

    Information about activities and social programming is limited in the available summaries. No reliable positives about engagement, recreational programming, or activity staffing can be identified from these reviews, so visitors should ask for current activity schedules and participation levels when evaluating the facility.

    Management and policy issues are also noted. Several comments reference restrictive visitation practices and instances where family access was limited or denied, indicating a rigid visitation policy or inconsistent application of access rules. Combined with the communication gaps and the clinical concerns, these patterns suggest opportunities for improvement in incident-notification procedures, staff training on family engagement, and oversight of infection-control or visitation policies.

    Overall, the dominant themes are lapses in clinical monitoring and escalation, weak staff responsiveness and communication with families, sanitation and incontinence-care shortcomings, and restrictive visitation practices. Prospective residents and families should seek direct documentation of staffing levels, clinical oversight and emergency-transfer protocols, cleaning schedules for resident care areas, current visitation policies, and evidence of staff training and supervision before making placement decisions.

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    Location

    A Special Place Care Home is located at 4240 W 21st Ln, Yuma, AZ, 85364.

    About A Special Place Care Home

    A Special Place Care Home sits at 4240 W 21 Lane in Yuma, Arizona, and there's something about the way the desert sun hits the property that makes the outdoor areas feel nice and peaceful, and folks seem to settle in easily here. The home goes by a few names, like adult care home, assisted living home, or even adult foster home depending on where you're from, and it's privately owned by healthcare professionals who work hard to make the environment warm and welcoming, and you'll find they take care of all kinds of seniors, whether someone just wants independent living or actually needs skilled nursing, memory care, hospice, or long-term care. There's state licensing in place-current license AL9542H says the capacity is for up to 7 residents, so most times you'll see only a handful of folks around, not crowds, and this keeps things calm and personal, with staff knowing people by name and checking in on what each person needs instead of making it all about routines or schedules. The team offers assisted living, memory care, home health, rehabilitation, and even specialized medical attention, all in one place, which means the folks who need help with dressing, bathing, mobility, or medical needs like diabetic care, wound care, and medication support don't have to go anywhere else.

    The building itself looks like a house-there are shared living rooms, private and semi-private bedrooms, kitchens, and accessible bathrooms, as well as washers and dryers and even some rooms with kitchens or kitchenettes, and you'll find a sprinkling of safety features like handicap access, sprinkler systems, and grab bars, because they're always thinking about safety for folks who might get unsteady. Meals and snacks get prepared with input from dieticians and chefs, and there's a dining room where people get together, which seems to matter a lot for people who might be lonely. There are indoor and outdoor spaces, so whether someone likes to sit inside by the TV or go outside among the desert plants, there's always a spot to suit their mood, and the place is kept clean and tidy by housekeeping and maintenance staff.

    The activity program usually has devotional gatherings, arts and crafts, games, offsite outings, and health and fitness sessions, which keeps residents active and makes for a stronger sense of community, and you can tell there's real effort made to help everyone connect. Some folks need extra support and the trained personal care assistants help with things like grooming, toileting, and other daily needs, and there's a nurse on staff for healthcare issues, sometimes bringing in podiatry or occupational therapy as needed. The property welcomes seniors needing long-term care, and skilled nursing is on-site for those who need extra oversight-for example, they handle incontinence care, non-ambulatory care, and wound care.

    Transportation's available for those appointments or outings, and the community also supports insurance coverage for long-term care, making it easier for some families. Social spaces include a game room, salon/barbershop, fitness center, and WiFi, while guest parking lets visitors stop in without trouble. There's a genuine focus on the individual, and the home's licensed and regularly inspected, with inspections every year by local agencies, making sure everything's safe and in order. Private rooms run between $7,000 and $8,500 a month; semi-private rooms go from $6,000 to $7,500, and that includes the supportive care, meals, and activities. Residents and families say the place is reliable and friendly, and over the years it's built up a good reputation for making folks comfortable in their later years, no matter how much support they need.

    People often ask...

    A Special Place Care Home offers competitive pricing, with rates starting at a cost of $3,726 per month.

    A Special Place Care Home offers assisted living, board and care, and skilled nursing.

    There are 16 photos of A Special Place Care Home on Mirador.

    The full address for this community is 4240 W 21st Ln, Yuma, AZ 85364.

    No, A Special Place Care Home does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

    Safety & Compliance

    In Arizona, the Department of Health Services licenses assisted living and long-term care facilities through AZ Care Check, running compliance inspections and investigating complaints.

    License number001cs00000m99GXAAY
    StatusActive
    Facility typeAssisted Living Home
    License classActive
    Capacity5 residents
    LicenseeA SPECIAL PLACE CARE HOME 2
    EffectiveSeptember 2nd, 2025
    ExpiresSeptember 1st, 2027
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    Inspection Reports

    9

    Reports

    46

    Citations

    7

    Complaints

    3

    Years

    21 Jul 2026Complaint
    Investigated a complaint and found multiple deficiencies related to staffing records, TB screening, resident records, medication management, privacy, menu planning, and safety practices.
    • R9-10-806.A.7R9-10-806.A.7. Personnel A. A manager shall ensure that: 7. Documentation is maintained for at least 12 months after the last date on the documentation of the caregivers and assistant caregivers working each day, including the hours worked by each;
    • R9-10-806.A.8.a-bR9-10-806.A.8.a-b. Personnel A. A manager shall ensure that: 8. A manager, a caregiver, and an assistant caregiver, or an employee or a volunteer who has or is expected to have more than eight hours per week of direct interaction with residents, provides evidence of freedom from infectious tuberculo
    • R9-10-806.C.1.a-cR9-10-806.C.1.a-c. Personnel C. A manager shall ensure that a personnel record for each employee or volunteer: 1. Includes: a. The individual’s name, date of birth, and contact telephone number; b. The individual’s starting date of employment or volunteer service and, if applicable, the ending date;
    • R9-10-807.A.1-2R9-10-807.A.1-2. Residency and Residency Agreements A. Except as provided in R9-10-808(B)(2), a manager shall ensure that a resident provides evidence of freedom from infectious tuberculosis: 1. Before or within seven calendar days after the resident’s date of occupancy, and 2. As specified in R9-10
    • R9-10-807.D.1-10R9-10-807.D.1-10. Residency and Residency Agreements D. Before or at the time of an individual’s acceptance by an assisted living facility, a manager shall ensure that there is a documented residency agreement with the assisted living facility that includes: 1. The individual’s name; 2. Terms of occ
    • R9-10-810.C.3.a-cR9-10-810.C.3.a-c. Resident Rights C. A resident has the following rights: 3. To receive privacy in: a. Care for personal needs; b. Correspondence, communications, and visitation; and c. Financial and personal affairs;
    • R9-10-811.C.1-24R9-10-811.C.1-24. Medical Records C. A manager shall ensure that a resident’s medical record contains: 1. Resident information that includes: a. The resident’s name, and b. The resident’s date of birth; 2. The names, addresses, and telephone numbers of: a. The resident’s primary care provider; b. Ot
    • R9-10-811.C.13.a-dR9-10-811.C.13.a-d. Medical Records C. A manager shall ensure that a resident’s medical record contains: 13. Documentation of medication administered to the resident or for which the resident received assistance in the self-administration of medication that includes: a. The date and time of administ
    • R9-10-818.A.1.a-eR9-10-818.A.1.a-e. Food Services A. A manager shall ensure that: 1. A food menu: a. Is prepared at least one week in advance, b. Includes the foods to be served each day, c. Is conspicuously posted at least one calendar day before the first meal on the food menu is served, d. Includes any food subst
    • R9-10-820.A.1.bR9-10-820.A.1.b. Environmental Standards A. A manager shall ensure that: 1. The premises and equipment used at the assisted living facility are: b. Free from a condition or situation that may cause a resident or other individual to suffer physical injury;
    21 Jul 2026Monitoring
    Found no deficiencies.
    20 Jul 2026Complaint
    Investigated identified deficiencies spanning staffing documentation, TB and health records, resident records, medication management, food safety, and facility maintenance.
    • R9-10-806.A.7R9-10-806.A.7. Personnel A. A manager shall ensure that: 7. Documentation is maintained for at least 12 months after the last date on the documentation of the caregivers and assistant caregivers working each day, including the hours worked by each;
    • R9-10-806.A.8.a-bR9-10-806.A.8.a-b. Personnel A. A manager shall ensure that: 8. A manager, a caregiver, and an assistant caregiver, or an employee or a volunteer who has or is expected to have more than eight hours per week of direct interaction with residents, provides evidence of freedom from infectious tuberculo
    • R9-10-806.C.1.a-cR9-10-806.C.1.a-c. Personnel C. A manager shall ensure that a personnel record for each employee or volunteer: 1. Includes: a. The individual’s name, date of birth, and contact telephone number; b. The individual’s starting date of employment or volunteer service and, if applicable, the ending date;
    • R9-10-807.A.1-2R9-10-807.A.1-2. Residency and Residency Agreements A. Except as provided in R9-10-808(B)(2), a manager shall ensure that a resident provides evidence of freedom from infectious tuberculosis: 1. Before or within seven calendar days after the resident’s date of occupancy, and 2. As specified in R9-10
    • R9-10-807.D.1-10R9-10-807.D.1-10. Residency and Residency Agreements D. Before or at the time of an individual’s acceptance by an assisted living facility, a manager shall ensure that there is a documented residency agreement with the assisted living facility that includes: 1. The individual’s name; 2. Terms of occ
    • R9-10-810.B.1R9-10-810.B.1. Resident Rights B. A manager shall ensure that: 1. A resident is treated with dignity, respect, and consideration;
    • R9-10-811.C.1-24R9-10-811.C.1-24. Medical Records C. A manager shall ensure that a resident’s medical record contains: 1. Resident information that includes: a. The resident’s name, and b. The resident’s date of birth; 2. The names, addresses, and telephone numbers of: a. The resident’s primary care provider; b. Ot
    • R9-10-811.C.13.a-dR9-10-811.C.13.a-d. Medical Records C. A manager shall ensure that a resident’s medical record contains: 13. Documentation of medication administered to the resident or for which the resident received assistance in the self-administration of medication that includes: a. The date and time of administ
    • R9-10-817.B.3.bR9-10-817.B.3.b. Medication Services B. If an assisted living facility provides medication administration, a manager shall ensure that: 3. A medication administered to a resident: b. Is administered in compliance with a medication order, and
    • R9-10-817.F.1R9-10-817.F.1. Medication Services F. When medication is stored by an assisted living facility, a manager shall ensure that: 1. Medication is stored in a separate locked room, closet, cabinet, or self-contained unit used only for medication storage;
    • R9-10-817.F.3.aR9-10-817.F.3.a. Medication Services F. When medication is stored by an assisted living facility, a manager shall ensure that: 3. Policies and procedures are established, documented, and implemented for: a. Receiving, storing, inventorying, tracking, dispensing, and discarding medication including e
    • R9-10-818.A.1.a-eR9-10-818.A.1.a-e. Food Services A. A manager shall ensure that: 1. A food menu: a. Is prepared at least one week in advance, b. Includes the foods to be served each day, c. Is conspicuously posted at least one calendar day before the first meal on the food menu is served, d. Includes any food subst
    • R9-10-818.C.1R9-10-818.C.1. Food Services C. A manager shall ensure that food is obtained, prepared, served, and stored as follows: 1. Food is free from spoilage, filth, or other contamination and is safe for human consumption;
    • R9-10-820.A.1.bR9-10-820.A.1.b. Environmental Standards A. A manager shall ensure that: 1. The premises and equipment used at the assisted living facility are: b. Free from a condition or situation that may cause a resident or other individual to suffer physical injury;
    • R9-10-820.A.11R9-10-820.A.11. Environmental Standards A. A manager shall ensure that: 11. Poisonous or toxic materials stored by the assisted living facility are maintained in labeled containers in a locked area separate from food preparation and storage, dining areas, and medications and are inaccessible to resi
    • R9-10-820.A.14.a-cR9-10-820.A.14.a-c. Environmental Standards A. A manager shall ensure that: 14. If pets or animals are allowed in the assisted living facility, pets or animals are: a. Controlled to prevent endangering the residents and to maintain sanitation; b. Licensed consistent with local ordinances; and c. For
    • R9-10-820.A.2R9-10-820.A.2. Environmental Standards A. A manager shall ensure that: 2. A pest control program that complies with A.A.C. R3-8201(C)(4) is implemented and documented;
    14 Jan 2026Complaint
    Identified deficiencies showing medication administration did not consistently align with orders and was not properly documented in the MAR, creating potential safety risk.
    • R9-10-817.B.3.a-cR9-10-817.B.3.a-c. Medication Services B. If an assisted living facility provides medication administration, a manager shall ensure that: 3. A medication administered to a resident: a. Is administered by an individual under the direction of a medical practitioner, b. Is administered in compliance wi
    30 Dec 2025Complaint
    Identified deficiencies in residency agreements and service plans, including missing manager signatures and dates and inconsistent termination policies, and missing signatures on service plan updates.
    • R9-10-807.D.1-10R9-10-807.D.1-10. Residency and Residency Agreements D. Before or at the time of an individual’s acceptance by an assisted living facility, a manager shall ensure that there is a documented residency agreement with the assisted living facility that includes: 1. The individual’s name; 2. Terms of occ
    • R9-10-808.A.5.a-dR9-10-808.A.5.a-d. Service Plans A. Except as required in subsection (B), a manager shall ensure that a resident has a service plan that is established, documented, and implemented that: 5. When initially developed and when updated, is signed and dated by: a. The resident or resident’s representativ
    14 Aug 2025Initial
    Found no deficiencies.
    13 May 2025Complaint
    Identified multiple deficiencies including missing admission documentation, incomplete and delayed service plans, missing medical records, missing skin maintenance in plans, and unvaccinated and unlicensed pets.
    • R9-10-807.B.1.a-bR9-10-807.B.1.a-b. Residency and Residency Agreements B. A manager shall ensure that before or at the time of acceptance of an individual, the individual submits documentation that is dated within 90 calendar days before the individual is accepted by an assisted living facility and: 1. If an individ
    • R9-10-808.A.1-5R9-10-808.A.1-5. Service Plans A. Except as required in subsection (B), a manager shall ensure that a resident has a written service plan that: 1. Is completed no later than 14 calendar days after the resident's date of acceptance; 2. Is developed with assistance and review from: a. The resident or
    • R9-10-811.A.1R9-10-811.A.1. Medical Records A. A manager shall ensure that: 1. A medical record is established and maintained for each resident according to A.R.S. Title 12, Chapter 13, Article 7.1;
    • R9-10-814.F.1R9-10-814.F.1. Personal Care Services F. In addition to the requirements in R9-10-808(A)(3), a manager shall ensure that the service plan for a resident receiving personal care services includes: 1. Skin maintenance to prevent and treat bruises, injuries, pressure sores, and infections;
    • R9-10-819.A.14.a-cR9-10-819.A.14.a-c. Environmental Standards A. A manager shall ensure that: 14. If pets or animals are allowed in the assisted living facility, pets or animals are: a. Controlled to prevent endangering the residents and to maintain sanitation; b. Licensed consistent with local ordinances; and c. For
    08 Jan 2024Complaint
    Found deficiencies in staff training, management oversight, care planning, safety measures, and emergency preparedness.
    • A.R.S. § 36-420.01.A36-420.01. Health care institutions; fall prevention and fall recovery; training programs; definition A. Each health care institution shall develop and administer a training program for all staff regarding fall prevention and fall recovery. The training program shall include initial training and con
    • R9-10-803.A.3.b.i-iiA. A governing authority shall: 3. Designate, in writing, a manager who: b. Except for the manager of an adult foster care home, has either a: i. Certificate as an assisted living facility manager issued under A.R.S. § 36-446.04(C), or ii. A temporary certificate as an assisted living facility manag
    • R9-10-803.A.7A. A governing authority shall: 7. Except as provided in subsection (A)(6), notify the Department according to A.R.S. § 36-425(I) when there is a change in the manager and identify the name and qualifications of the new manager;
    • R9-10-806.A.10A. A manager shall ensure that: 10. Before providing assisted living services to a resident, a manager or caregiver provides current documentation of first aid training and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training certification specific to adults.
    • R9-10-807.B.1.a-bB. A manager shall ensure that before or at the time of acceptance of an individual, the individual submits documentation that is dated within 90 calendar days before the individual is accepted by an assisted living facility and: 1. If an individual is requesting or is expected to receive supervisor
    • R9-10-808.A.3.dA. Except as required in subsection (B), a manager shall ensure that a resident has a written service plan that: 3. Includes the following: d. For a resident who requires intermittent nursing services or medication administration, review by a nurse or medical practitioner;
    • R9-10-808.A.4.b.iiiA. Except as required in subsection (B), a manager shall ensure that a resident has a written service plan that: 4. Is reviewed and updated based on changes in the requirements in subsections (A)(3)(a) through (f): b. As follows: iii. At least once every three months for a resident receiving directe
    • R9-10-815.B.1B. A manager of an assisted living facility authorized to provide directed care services shall not accept or retain a resident who, except as provided in R9-10-814(B)(2): 1. Is confined to a bed or chair because of an inability to ambulate even with assistance; or
    • R9-10-815.F.2.a.i-iiF. A manager of an assisted living facility authorized to provide directed care services shall ensure that: 2. There is a means of exiting the facility for a resident who does not have a key, special knowledge for egress, or the ability to expend increased physical effort that meets one of the follo
    • R9-10-818.A.5.aA. A manager shall ensure that: 5. An evacuation drill for employees and residents: a. Is conducted at least once every six months; and
    • R9-10-820.D.4.b.i-iiD. A manager shall ensure that: 4. A resident's sleeping area: b. Is not used as a passageway to a common area, another sleeping area, or common bathroom unless the resident's sleeping area: i. Was used as a passageway to a common area, another sleeping area, or common bathroom before October 1, 201
    06 Nov 2023Complaint
    Found no deficiencies.

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